Gently on the Surface

About

Hello, I am a visual artist from the East Midlands currently based in Leeds, West Yorkshire (UK).

My work is about perception, vulnerability and mystery.
Materials are gradually assembled and pieced together in panels which compartmentalise different moods and ideas or to suggest impermanence as though the work could easily be undone or rearranged. I often include plant motifs and symbolic forms from nature's sublime, inspired by my interest in Weird fiction literature.
I also create functional boxes as sculptural containers to hold meaning and personal histories. These art objects have both an outside image and an internal existence, comparable to how we view ourselves and others.

Education
2007-2010 Bachelor of Fine Art with First-Class Honours, Nottingham Trent University
2008 Academic Scholarship, Chung Ang University, Seoul
2006-2007 Art and Design Foundation Studies, Loughborough University

Exhibitions
2022 Carbon-Borders-Voices, Online
2019 Cut and Paste, Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Leeds
2018 Delphian Gallery Open, The Print Space, London
2017 Open Show, Bankley Studios and Gallery, Manchester
2016 In Dialogue (duo show with Ho Un Bac), Space One Gallery, Seoul
2015 Why Don’t You Paint Flowers?, Harts Lane Studio, London
2015 Art on a Postcard, Soho Revue Gallery, London
2014 The Scars are not just Skin Deep, The Cob Gallery, London

In Print
2022 Illustration, Feels Zine: The Growth Issue
2021 Artist Feature, The Catalogue of Failures: Issue 2
2020 Cover Artwork for Angèle David Guillou: En Mouvement
2019 Cover Sculpture for Whipping Post: Cheating the War Game
2018 Arrangements, Self-published work
2018 Cover Artwork, Alex Nënoo: Mondays
2018 Artist Feature, Looking at Painting: Vol. 3

Contact
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To get in touch, please contact
info@elliegeary.co.uk

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Gently on the Surface

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